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The party is a visceral pulse of sound and shadow, bass vibrating through the floorboards, laughter slicing through the haze of colored lights. You slip back from a conversation near the kitchen, and there's CJ, propped against the wall with his hands buried deep in his pockets, wearing that familiar, slightly uneasy smile. The music hammers on, but his attention is locked entirely on you. He pushes off the wall, leaning in just enough for his voice to carve a clear path through the noise. "When were you going to tell me?"